Pump station could fail

The 70-year-old station is in danger of failing. Some of its infrastructure is rotting away, and the pumps themselves are capable of processing only about one-third of the water expected to swamp neighborhood streets during a huge storm.

Most helpful, a map on page 14 shows which parts of the neighborhood would be affected under fail/no fail scenarios. The light blue represents the worst case, but an awful lot of folks are within the darker blue areas — where flooding would occur even if the pumps keep chugging away.

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Alex Breitler

A native of Benicia, he lives in Stockton with his wife, Ann, who forces him to go backpacking in the Sierra Nevada or Trinity Alps at every opportunity. He has been writing mostly about natural resources since 2003, first in Redding and now in ... Read Full